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I n the maritime sector, Finland is perhaps panies such as NAPA, Eniram, Wärtsilä, this new sector. According to Jussi Nis- globally best known for its icebreakers ABB Marine, Rolls-Royce and Steerprop. silä, Senior Analyst for Oxford Research and cruise ships. However, Finland has also Lately, the maritime sector has provided ICT-based systems and solutions attracted also a wide range of traditional Finland, this may still be just the tip of the iceberg: for the maritime industry for a very long information technology and software com- “Digitalisation has lowered the bar- time. Many of these players are global panies, such as Symbio, Tieto and Ixonos, riers between industries and it is increas- market leaders in their own fields; com- who hope to find new customers from ingly easier to provide the same solutions 16 seatec 2/2015